Team England chef de mission Sarah Winckless spoke to Lowther on Tuesday morning to apologise.

"I personally shared my apologies for missing her out of the time trial today… no athlete should be put in this position because of an administrative error by my group."

Winckless admitted that there had been "seven or eight" opportunities to catch the mistake but it was too late once they had realised.

England appealed to the Commonwealth Games Federation but it was rejected on Monday night.

Lowther will now get one more chance to compete in these Games in Saturday's road race.

Watch Winckless questioned on whether other athletes are at risk of not competing over an admin error:

British Cycling performance director Stephen Park said that "she’s trying to be as upbeat as she possibly can… she’s been out on a training ride this morning and we're now all behind her efforts for the road race.

"Hopefully she'll come out there feeling fresh and be able to get a little bit of retribution on the road."